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THE NELSON MAIL Wednesday, April 23, 2014 — 15
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Hamilton up there with the greats
Smooth as: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP on his way to winning the
Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Photos: GETTY IMAGES
Team: Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP and second
placed Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP celebrate with their team.
After holding on to win what he
called a ‘‘racer’s race’’ a fortnight
ago in Bahrain, Lewis Hamilton
revelled in having the track to
himself as he cruised to a hat-
trick of victories in the Chinese
Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton, who claimed his 25th
career win to draw level with
British great Jim Clark and his
Mercedes team boss Niki Lauda,
led every lap of the shortened
54-lap race, at times pulling away
from his rivals by over a second a
lap.
‘‘I’m so, so happy. I had such a
great race, I really enjoyed it,
particularly the last few laps,’’
Hamilton said.
‘‘(I was) Really trying to keep
temperature in the tyres, pushing
a little bit more, just to keep
temperature up and the car was
great.’’
Delighting in the formidable
speed of his Mercedes, Hamilton,
who crossed the line 18 seconds
ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg,
only lifted off briefly when the
chequered flag was accidentally
waved one lap early.
‘‘It’s incredible. I honestly can’t
believe how amazing the car is
and how hard everyone has
worked,’’ he said.
‘‘I was just really racing
myself.’’
It was the 2008 world
champion’s first hat-trick of wins
and moved him to within four
points of team mate and title rival
Rosberg in the championship
standings.
It was Mercedes’ third straight
one-two finish and Hamilton was
quick to pay tribute to the team
he joined last year after six
seasons at McLaren, who
groomed him to compete in
Formula One and gave him his
first break.
‘‘Well, this team is on a roll
that’s for sure,’’ Hamilton said.
‘‘The team have done a great
job. We’re going to keep pushing,
we’re going to keep moving
forwards.
‘‘The car was really good. I
couldn’t really have asked for
more.’’
Reuters
MOTOR BRIEFS
Webber’s endurance
stint starts with third
Australia’s Mark Webber has kick-
started his world endurance
championship career with a third-
place finish at Silverstone.
The ex-Formula One driver
shared driving duties in a Porsche
with Timo Bernhard and Brendon
Hartley for the rain-shortened six-
hour race on Sunday.
Toyota’s Anthony Davidson,
Nicolas Lapierre and Sebastien
Buemi won the season-opener,
which was eventually red-flagged
38 minutes before the scheduled
finish as heavy rain left water on
the track. Toyota were also second
thanks to Alexander Wurz,
Stephane Sarrazin and Kazuki
Nakajima, who were one lap down
on their team-mates.
The eight-round world endurance
championship ends at Sao Paulo on
November 30 and also includes the
famed Le Mans 24 Hour Race on
June 14.
Reuters
Race version
Ferrari is preparing a racetrack-
only version of its LaFerrari
hypercar. The head of Ferrari’s
sporting activity department,
Antonello Coletta, has confirmed a
LaFerrari XX is under development
and will be launched next year.
The LaFerrari XX will follow on
from the Enzo-based FXX and
599XX racetrack machines that are
built for the Italian brand’s most
exclusive customers. But Coletta
admitted it would be hard to
improve the performance of the
LaFerrari launched last year
because the hybrid powertrain – a
6.3-litre V12 petrol engine and pair
of electric motors – that powers the
car is already capable of 718kW of
power and 900Nm of torque.
VW holds firm
Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest car
maker, says it will not increase its
offer for truck manufacturer Scania
after the Swedish group dismissed
the bid. In February, Volkswagen
offered €6.7 billion (NZ$10.7b) ) to
acquire the nearly 40 per cent of
Scania it does not already own.
Driver improves
Michael Schumacher is improving,
his manager says, with the Formula
One legend slowly recovering from
brain injuries suffered in a ski
accident. ‘‘There are short moments
of consciousness and he is showing
small signs of progress,’’ Sabine
Kehm said at the weekend.
Schumacher has been in a medically
induced coma in Grenoble, France,
since December 29.
Political tensions
Organisers of the World
Superbike Championship (WSBK)
round in Moscow said on Saturday
that political issues, believed to be
the tensions between Russia and
Ukraine, had forced them to cancel
the race. ‘‘DWO and YMS Promotion
have decided to cancel the WSBK
Russian Round...scheduled at
Moscow Raceway on September 21st
2014,’’ the series website said. ‘‘The
current political situation affects the
capabilities of a number of key
partner companies essential to run
the event,’’ it said. The Moscow race
joined the WSBK series in 2012.